2024届广东省普语高中毕业班高三第二次调研考试英语卷有答案.pdfVIP

广东省2024届普通高中毕业班第二次调研考试

英语

本试卷共10页,考试用时120分钟,满分120分。

第二部分阅读（共两节,满分50分）

第一节（共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

Languagesaredyingoutallthetime.Herearefourlanguagesthatwereoncewidelyspoken

butarenowconsideredas“dead”languages.

OldNorse

OldNorsewasspokenandwrittenbytheVikingsfromaboutthe7thcentury.Itwasusedin

countrieslikeIcelandandpartsofRussia.TheVikingswerefamousfortheirattackson

neighbouringcountries,andsoOldNorsehadaninfluenceonthelanguagesoftheplacesthey

attacked,includingEnglish.Forexample,Englishwordssuchas“egg,gift,anger,want,trustand

score”comefromOldNorse.

MiddleEnglish

MiddleEnglishwasspokeninEnglandbetweenthe12thand15thcenturiesandwasvery

differentfromtheEnglishweusethesedays.Inthepast,EnglandwashighlyinfluencedbyOld

Norse.Sowasitslanguage.Therearenomanuscripts（手稿）inMiddleEnglishasitwasmuch

morefashionabletowriteinFrench.MiddleEnglishgavewaytomodernEnglish.Oneexampleof

thewideuseofmodernEnglishwasShakespeare’sworks.

Hunnir

Hunniristhemostmysteriousofthelanguagesonourlist.TheHunswereacommunitythat

spreadacrosseasternEuropeinthe4thand5thcenturies.DespitetheHuns’successinexpanding

theirempire,theirlanguagewasneverwrittendown.Thefewwordsthatareknownaremainly

names-inmodernTurkeyandMongolia.Apartfromthese,onlythreewordsareknown;kamos,

medos（typesofdrinks）andstrava（abigmeal）.

AncientGreek

Morethan4,000yearsago,theGreeksspokeanadvancedlanguageknowntodayasAncient

Greek,anddevelopedthefirstalpha